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Bus and train services in Galway during Easter 2016

Easter 2016 is from Friday 25 - Monday 28 March.

Good Friday (the 25th) is a bank holiday but not a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland: most public-transport run normal services, with a few exceptions. However all pubs, hotel bars and off-licenses are closed, all banks and many publc services (eg post-office) are closed, and some other companies treat the day as a "bank holiday".

Also, clocks in Galway Coach Station are being put forward at midnight on Saturday night: all buses leaving from Galway after 12-midnight on Easter Saturday night will run according to daylight savings time: the 1am multi-stop and 1:15am express coaches from Galway will leave at according to Irish Summer Time

On Easter Sunday, due to the 2016 commemorations, there are a number of changes to Dublin City pick-up and drop-offpoints - see here for details.

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GoBus

Running a Sunday timetable on Easter Monday, and the regular daily timetable during each other day of Easter.

All coaches leaving from Galway after 12-midnight on Easter Saturday night will run according to daylight savings time: the 1:45am bus from Galway will leave at 1:45am Irish Summer Time, ie at 12:45pm Irish Winter Time (aka GMT / UTC).

On Easter Sunday, due to the 2016 commemorations, there are a number of changes to Dublin City pick-up and drop-offpoints - see here for details.

Feda O'Donnail (Galway / Sligo / Donegal)

Some reduced services during Easter weekend. These have not been announced on their website, but are available on Facebook. Or click the image here to see it full-size:

BusLink (Athenry)

To be advised: In 2015, they ran:

Regular Friday services on Good Friday - except for the NightLink service that did not run.

NightLink on both Saturday and Sunday nights.

Healy Bus (Loughrea and Mayo)

Has not been announced.

Kearns Transport (Birr / Portumna)

Good Friday - Normal timetable

Easter Saturday - Normal timetable

Easter Sunday - No service

Easter Monday - Reduced service: One bus from Birr at 7:45pm. See their website for more details.

Other bus companies

Have not issued information about their Easter timetables. Check with individual companies for details.

Trains

Irish Rail's Easter service details are here.. For Galway they include:

Normal weekday services on Good Friday

Normal Saturday services on Easter Saturday

Normal Sunday service with two cancellations on Easter Sunday.

Monday services on Easter Monday, with a number of exceptions.

There are more differences in other areas, including extra trains for some special events.